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But Rabbi Abraham Hardoon is not here to talk pret-a-porter; he is discoursing on the ancient esoteric Jewish tradition of Kabbalah.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes it is evidently the man who is discoursing, then without a break the writing continues as if God were speaking in the first person.

From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)

Can it indeed be, that I may listen while the disciple whom Jesus loved is discoursing of the miracles, and recalling the sayings of his Lord?

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William

The youth Jasper, there, who is discoursing with the Sergeant's daughter, is a different cratur'; for he may be said to breathe the water, as it might be, like a fish.

From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by Cooper, James Fenimore

He is discoursing with a certain real or imaginary audience.

From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss